Hand printing type collocator



Dec. 16, 1952 T. woLD HAND PRINTING TYPE coLLocAToR Filed-Nov. 2, 1948 rf/c INE/1| 12545676319 INVENTOR. Tor/orf?. h/OGZ Patented Dec. 16, 1952 l 'i HAND PRINTING TYPE COLLOCATOR Torbjrn Wold, Strinda, Norway Application November 2, 1948, Serial No. 57,877

In Norway January 24, 1948 l v 2 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to Iimprovements in hand printing devices for printing by means of manipulating separate rubber or the like types. The printing device is primarily intended for use by tradesmen for the printing of advertisements, prices and other indicia on show-cards used in display windows. The device is also applicable for use by garland-makers for printing texts on garland ribbons.

Anobject of the invention is to provide a construction of apparatus, by means of which it is possible to print, one `type at a time, accurately and easily and produce lines of text regardless of length. l

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction of an apparatus, by means of which it will be possible to employ type-carriers containing types of diierent width and different size.

f It isl a still further object of the invention to provide a construction of an apparatus, which may easily and accurately be used for the printing of texts having different predetermined spaces between the printed characters.

With the above primary and other objects in view, I provide a hand printing device, consisting of a part which is displaceable along two parallel guiding-lists or bars. This part together with the guiding-lists determines the position of the typeholders (types) separately during the continuous printing of lines of all lengths. The displaceable part of the device is provided with means for retaining the same in position whenever the guiding-lists or bars are to be displaced relativev thereto in the direction of printing into another position, which makes it possible to continue printing on the same line. By means of screws the guiding-lists are interconnected with transversely extending'connecting pieces. The space between the guiding-lists may be altered by providing slits for the screws. By this arrangement, type-carriers may be utilized having types of different widths and sizes. f The displaceable part of the apparatus as well as either one of the guiding-lists or bars are provided with -scale graduations. The space between the dividing lines on the graduations on the displaceable part is diierent from the space between those on the guiding-list. It is thereby possible, as stated before, -to also use the apparatus for printing whenever different, predetermined spaces .between the types are desired (large print). ,Because of the variation of thicknesses in the type-carriers, determined by lthe types of print being used, it would be difficult,

Without this arrangement, to obtain an even spacing of the letters because one dividing line on the displaceable part would come between the dividing lines on the guiding-list. This drawback has been done away with in the way described above, which, as far as the graduation scale is concerned, is the same as the one used in the so-called nonius scale.

IThe nature and the advantages of the invention will be better understood after the following detailed description has been studied in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing wherein is shown the preferred, but obviously not necessarily the only form of embodiment of the invention: l'

Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the device, with a type in position for printing.

Fig. 2 shows a section on the line 2-2 in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 shows a section on the line 3-3 in Fig. l.

Fig. 4 shows a section on the line 4--4 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 shows a plan View of the device with the displaceable part in a different position and with one type inpostion for printing.

Fig. 6, on a larger scale, shows part of the guiding-lists of the apparatus and of the displaceable part of the same, as seen from above.

Fig. '7 shows a plan view ofthe device with the displaceable part in still a different position and with one type in position for printing.

Fig. 8, by way of example, shows an imprint after printing with the types F and a.

Fig. 9 is a perspective -view of a printing ensemble consisting of the apparatus according to the invention together with the type-carriers with the types, all placed in a box suitable for the purpose.

Now, referring more particularly to the drawing:

lLetters a and b'represent an open ended frame including the two parallel guiding-lists or bars with the part c being displaceable along and between said guiding-lists and provided with the handle d. The said part c includes that part of the displaceable member, e, extending beyond the limits of the guiding-lists a and b, said displaceable member e having carried thereby the handle f. The handle f is grasped for retaining in position the displaceable part c whenever the latter by means of the handle d is moved so far in the right-hand direction near the transversal part 1i, that it is impossible to push the type carrier g with the type h between the lists a and b for printing purposes, in case it should be desired to go on with continuous printing in the same direction. The lists a and b, which are inter-M connected by means of the transversal parts i and 1', in that case, are displaced by hand to the right until the part i abuts against part c. (This position is shown in Fig. 5.) After this manipulation the printing operation may proceed as before.

As indicated in the drawings, the lower surfaces of the guide bars a and b are planar surfaces and when assembled are therefore co-planar. Likewise the lower surface of Kthe slide member e is substantially planar and maintained substantially level with the lower surfaces of the guide bars a and b. By reason of the scale bearing portion c'having greater transverse dimensions than the width of the space between bars a and b the under surface of this scale bearing portion c resting in sliding engagement on the upper surface of the guide bars a and b maintains the slide member in proper position with respect to the surface on which the type is to be imprinted.

In order to make the apparatus applicable for carriers having types of different print-sizes and printing-types-as for instance, erect types or italics-the apparatus is further provided with slitsm for receiving the screw-bolts n connecting one of the guiding-lists to the transversely extending connecting-pieces, whereby the space between the guiding-lists may be changed to accommodate the larger type-holders to be used. Obviously wider elements c and e are utilized with larger` types. By way of examplethe drawing illustrates how the said slits m are provided in the connecting-pieces z' and y', but, obviously, the slits may as well be provided in the guidinglists. As it is shown on the drawing (see Fig. 4) a bolt n, which is secured to the guiding-list a, may be displaced within the slit m, whereby also the guiding-list is displaceable, after unscrewing the wing-nut o provided on the end of the threaded bolt n. The wing-nut o clamps theguiding-list a, to the connecting pieces i and fi.' The connecting pieces z' and i are secured to the guiding-list b by means of screws p.

To obtain, as said before, accuracy and ease inthe printing operations at various predetermined spaces between the imprints, the guidinglist a, as shown on the drawing, is provided with a scale graduation q and the displaceable member c is provided with the graduation r. As it is best shown in Fig. 6, the spaces between the dividing lines of the graduation q are different than the spaces on the graduation r.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows:

The apparatus is taken out of the box-see Fig. 9--and is made ready for printing. The displaceable member c is iirst pushed to the lefthand extremity of the guiding-lists, as shown in Fig. 5. Now, from the box is taken, for instance, the typeholder having the letter-type F, and, after pressing saidtype against an ordinary inkpad (not shown in the drawing), the holder having the type for printing the letter F is pushed in between the guiding-lists or bars a, b, the type holder also abutting against part c (as shown in Fig. 5). After printing the character and removing the type F, the displaceable Part c, by means of the handle d, is moved in the righthand direction until the printed letter F is barely covered by the displaceable part. Now the operator observes the position of the displaceable part on the graduation scale in order'to find out what division mark on the displaceable part (for instancadivision mark No. 3 as shown in Fig. 6) coincides with a graduation mark on the guidinglist.. In case a distance t is desired between the printed letters (see Fig. 8) which. distance corresponds to the distance between two dividing lines on the scale graduation on the bar a, the above mentioned division mark 3 on the displaceable part c is moved this distance in the right-hand direction. Then the same operation is performed for the letter a, as described relative to the letter F, so that the printing of letter a is effected properly. After having removed the typeholder and moved the displaceable part c until it is barely covering the printed letter a, and having noticed what division mark on the displaceable part now coincides with a graduation mark on the guiding-list, the displaceable part is moved relative to the guiding-list the distance between 'two dividing lines in the right-hand direction, and further printing is effected.

The invention is not limited to the specific form selected for illustration except for such limitations as the appended claims may impart.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A hand printing device for use in printing continuous straight lines utilizing separate type holders having type thereon comprising a frame including spaced parallel guide bars and a type holder guide member slidably engaged between the guide bars and displaceable relative thereto for determining the position of a particular type, the space between the guide bars defining a type receiving space of a size to slidably receive and correspond with the size of the type, said guide member including an elongated portion projecting beyond one end of the frame, means at each end of the guide members for retainingY the same in association with the frame, the means at the outer end of the guide member constituting a handle for manually retaining the guide member in position after printing the number of Ietters determined by the extent of the frame whereupon the frame is displaced in the direction of printing relative to the guide member to continue printing in the same line, one. of the guide bars having an index scale therealong and the means retaining the inner end of the guide member between the bars includes an index portion slidably engaging the said guide bar, said index portion having a scale along. the edge thereof, the graduations of which diier from the graduations on the scale on the said guide bar whereby a predetermined spacing between letters can be accurately determined.

2. A hand printing device of the character described including spaced guide bars dening a type holder space therebetween, spaced transversely extending connecting elements each removably secured at one of their ends to one guide bar adjacent the opposite ends thereof, means adjustably securing the oppositeV ends of each of the connecting elements to the other guide bar including for eachl element a pin and slot connection and a wing nut mounted on the pin for clamping the said other guide bar and connecting elements together, the axes of said slots extending in alignment with the axes of the connecting elements whereby the guide. bars can be displaced relative to one another to accommodate different size type holders, a type holder guide member having a width corresponding to4 the size of the type holder, including an elongated portion displaceable between the guide bars and extending beyond the connecting member at one end of the guide bars,v an index member including a portion having a width corresponding to the width of the elongated portion and slidably engageable between thev guide bars, and a substantially planar portion of a width greater than the space between the guide bars, said latter portion being displaceable therealong, and a handle projecting upwardly from this lat* ter portion, said latter portion having scale graduations, different scale graduations on the guide bar adjacent said first-mentioned scale graduations, and a handle on the opposite end of said elongated portion of the guide member so that by manipulating types relative to the frame through aligning the scale markings of the diiTerent scales the predetermined spacing between letters is obtainable and by manually maintaining the handle on the elongated portion of the guide member in the position reached when printing has been eiected corresponding to the distance from one end of the frame to the other, the frame can be moved relative to the guide member to continue printing on the same liner TORBJORN WOLD.

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